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We were worried the set on this page hadn’t survived! It took many years to surface all six pieces. But below, feast your eyes on the original prototypes for the six old face teddies with color patches that went on to be used for production! Old face White with brown patch, cranberry patch, teal patch,Continue reading “Old Face Teddy Prototype Set: SOLID WHITE with patches! Original 6”

ROYAL BLUE colored teddies! This is the exact shade Ty used for the famous royal blue peanut! How completely awesome that he was considering using that fabric for these original teddies. See below for a fun collage of most of the colored teddy sets that survived that have been documented over the years. This areaContinue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy ROYAL BLUE Prototype Set”

The color for actual Royalty! Ty didn’t use this fabric officially until he created the Princess Diana Bear in 1997. To all it seems fitting now that this fabric was saved for our lost Princess. But don’t these original teddies look INSANE in this purple shade? Rarity Rank: 0. All four of these pieces areContinue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy ROYAL PURPLE Prototype Set”

The New and Old face teddies in TAN! This is a trickier color to distinguish from the production brown. See the comparison picture below. Also brown noses on this set. A beautiful shade of honey brown! Rarity Rank: 0. All four of these pieces are easy rank 0 pieces. Full departures for original 1st andContinue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy TAN Prototype Set”

The original old face and new face teddies in LIGHT BLUE! This fabric was made famous by the light blue peanut beanie baby that replaced it’s more famous and rarer older brother – royal blue peanut! These beauties also have solid brown noses. Really beautiful shade for this bear. A shame this wasn’t a partContinue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy LIGHT BLUE Prototype Set”

Seeing the original teddies in this vibrant pink is a treat. This fabric was first used with Pinky the Flamingo we believe (or was it Squealer’s nose?). These teddies really POP. Interesting that Ty had this shade of fabric since the 1st generation, and held off for quite some time before featuring it. Rarity Rank:Continue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy HOT PINK (Pinky) Prototype Set”

Emerald Green! A more traditional shade of green. Ty eventually did use this fabric for the famous Erin Bear released in early 1998 (5th generation). Notice their brown noses! Ty eventually did use this particular bear for his excruciatingly rare Lucky Erin Bear – the gift given to ‘green’ sales reps who hadn’t quite earnedContinue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy EMERALD GREEN Prototype Set”

Pastel Tie-Dyed Old Face and New Face teddy set! The colors especially on the old face teddy are so stunning. We see complete pax tags on each piece in this set – easy now to see the time and progression between each bear. Ty didn’t end up using pastel tie-dyed fabric until the pastel PeaceContinue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy TIE-DYED (pastel) Prototype Set”

Here we have the original tie-dyed new face and old face teddy set! This one is WILD! The old face example is the original tyriffic store example. Crazy to think this could have been our original Garcia:). We denote this “shade” of fabric as “garcia tie-dyed” given Ty had other shades of tie-dyed fabric –Continue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy TIE-DYED (Garcia) Prototype Set”

Enter the light pink set! This shade was famously first used with Squealer the pig – original 9! The old face solid colored example is the same example featured at the Tyriffic Store! Rarity Rank: 0. All four of these pieces are easy rank 0 pieces. Full departures for original 1st and 2nd generation styles.Continue reading “Old Face and New Face Teddy LIGHT PINK Prototype Set”